A 3-year-old child was riding on the bus at the time of the crash. The child and the bus driver were not injured.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies said they identified the Corolla driver as Jeffery David Bowie, 35, of Marina.

The hit-and-run incident happened at 1:30 p.m. Monday on Highway 1 northbound near the Larkin Valley Road exit. A Toyota Corolla intentionally cut in front of a small school bus and rapidly slowed to 15 mph, Deputy Ryan Kennedy said.

"The school bus quickly responded to avoid a collision but the Corolla drove next to the school bus and attempted to turn into the bus. The bus narrowly avoided the collision by turning onto the breakdown lane. The Corolla pulled in front of the school bus and intentionally backed into the bus," Kennedy said.

On Thursday, deputies contacted Bowie and arrested him at his home. Bowie was booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and child cruelty. He bail was set at $25,000.

Bowie was also arrested on Tuesday for a separate incident. Arrest records show Bowie was booked into jail for drunk disorderly conduct after deputies detained him on Portola Drive in Santa Cruz.

Deputies said when they questioned the bus driver, he was baffled about why the Corolla driver became so enraged.

"It's possible that something is in his life that's causing him to have a huge amount of anger and he took it out on the bus," Kennedy said.

The most recent status update on Bowie's Facebook page was written early Thursday morning as, "Feeling regret."